day boy

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a male boarding-school student who lives at home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of day boy¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Into the story at this point comes the narrative of Charles Mereweather Cook, aged fourteen, a day-boy.

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Nevertheless, it was impossible for a boarder to preserve unspoilt a real intimacy with a day-boy.

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Remember that I have been a day-boy house-master, and tried to infuse some esprit de corps into them.

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Picture the day-boy's life—at home for meals, at home for preparation, at home for sleep, running home with every fancied wrong.

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I don't like being branded as the day-boy's foe, when I think how much I would have given to be a day-boy myself.

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